player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
4d67c5aacf1724ab43a057b1dd9a99c0

SHA-1:
3fe590fba79972e0d51ad57ca75a864eaf1a9042

SHA-256:
a0930525bf339f5dfe704aaf8386279b6555b9c81452765b15ab0457e82faa39

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:49:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
896

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2014.05.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DA [PUP]
2014.9-140822

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.IJ
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.14822

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
1.0.20.1170

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-208
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26508
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Agent
8.14.08.22.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AA application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-85132f45
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-22-08_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Badur
14.0.0.3365

Malwarebytes
v2014.08.22.10

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C
5600.7030

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
15.0.0.702

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.250664
14.08.13.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.22.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.N
14.8.22.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14820

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10405

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
241.8 KB (247,592 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WARP INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WARP INSTALLER, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2014 6:00:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:y0RQ3/hhKqp77bQ9Lk75FPowr912wughwdJiMwXON+59YpsS:1Ropsqp7/QVk708ZugQUYpsS

Entry address:
0xF772

Entry point:
E8, 85, 65, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, D2, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 3C, D0, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.3822

Code size:
175.5 KB (179,712 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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